4:50 PM,
Feb. 21, 2013

Guests showered Carla and Whit Dulin with red and white hearts.

Written by

Hollie Deese
| For The Tennessean

Carla Holder, 29, and Whit Dulin, 30, were just cute little kindergartners when they met at Franklin Road Academy, but even then, they had a strong connection. By the time they were in eighth grade, the two were inseparable - but still just good friends.

That friendship continued throughout high school, though they both dated other people. In college - he at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and she at Auburn - they talked on the phone daily despite each being in long-term relationships with other people.

"There was always something there, but we were too young and dumb to realize it," ...